Tyrol's nursing training: Future optimism despite lack of staff

Tyrol's nursing training: Future optimism despite lack of staff

In Tyrol, new developments in nursing training show up that indicate increasing demand and necessary reforms. Around 2,000 trainees are currently involved in Tyrol, which indicates an optimistic view of the future staff ceiling. However, this number could not be sufficient, since around 40 percent of the current nurses will retire in the next ten years.

The State Councilor Hagele critically commented on the existing guidelines that prevent young people from being allowed to take on direct nursing tasks up to the age of 17. It described this regulation as outdated, especially compared to Liechtenstein, where the care teaching is considered very popular. HALLE advocates to deal more intensively with the situation and to initiate a political discussion in order to reform the regulations. "We should ask the first graduates of teaching and learn from them," said their view.

securing offspring for care

The nursing training is well received in Tyrol. Currently, 367 pupils attend nursing assistance and nursing assistant training at various vocational middle and higher schools (BMHS). The director of Innsbruck Hlwest, Martina Lasser, reported on full classes and emphasized that young people at this age have the ability to decide whether they would like to work in care. Another training offer will start in Schwaz soon.

A central element of the training is internships. At the beginning there were concerns how this would work in the face of the young age of the trainees. But as Waltraud Buchberger from the West (AZW) training center (AZW) found, the students show great interest in practical work and develop enthusiasm for the profession. The AZW supports schools through teachers and thus brings valuable practical experience into the training.

challenges in the care industry

Despite the positive developments, there are challenges that need to be addressed. The average range of work in the inpatient area is 30 hours a week, while mobile nurses only work 20 hours. Haile emphasized that the increase in employment could also improve duty plan safety. However, she skeptically commented on a possible bonus for full -time nursing staff, as this is already considered standard in the collective contracts. Haile tends to do so that incentives for overtime or the further work in retirement are created in order to increase the attractiveness of the industry.

This topic will also have further discussions in the coming weeks, while the industry is preparing for the challenges of the coming years. It remains to be seen how politics and the training institutions will react to combat the impending shortage of personnel in nursing and to secure the training of future nurses. The topic can be found in a detailed report on tirol.orf.at.